A flaw was found in the QEMU disk image utility (qemu-img) 'info' command. A specially crafted image file containing a `json:{}` value describing block devices in QMP could cause the qemu-img process on the host to consume large amounts of memory or CPU time, leading to denial of service or read/write to an existing external file.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4724 advisory.

    The Advanced Virtualization module provides the user-space component for running virtual machines that use     KVM in environments managed by Red Hat products.

    Security Fix(es):

    * qemu-kvm: QEMU: 'qemu-img info' leads to host file read/write (CVE-2024-4467)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS     score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References     section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4727 advisory.

    The Advanced Virtualization module provides the user-space component     for running virtual machines that use KVM in environments managed by Red     Hat products.

    Security Fix(es):

    * A flaw was found in the QEMU disk image utility (qemu-img) 'info' command. A specially crafted image     file containing a `json:{}` value describing block devices in QMP could cause the qemu-img process on the     host to consume large amounts of memory or CPU time, leading to denial of service or read/write to an     existing external file. (CVE-2024-4467)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS     score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References     section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2024-4420 advisory.

    hivex     libguestfs     libguestfs-winsupport     libiscsi     libnbd     libtpms     libvirt     libvirt-dbus     libvirt-python     nbdkit     netcf     perl-Sys-Virt     qemu-kvm     [6.2.0-50]
    - kvm-qcow2-Don-t-open-data_file-with-BDRV_O_NO_IO.patch [RHEL-35616]
    - kvm-iotests-244-Don-t-store-data-file-with-protocol-in-i.patch [RHEL-35616]
    - kvm-iotests-270-Don-t-store-data-file-with-json-prefix-i.patch [RHEL-35616]
    - kvm-block-introduce-bdrv_open_file_child-helper.patch [RHEL-35616]
    - kvm-block-Parse-filenames-only-when-explicitly-requested.patch [RHEL-35616]
    - Resolves: RHEL-35616       (CVE-2024-4467 virt:rhel/qemu-kvm: QEMU: 'qemu-img info' leads to host file read/write [rhel-8.10.z])

    seabios     sgabios     supermin     swtpm     virt-v2v

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2024:4420 advisory.

    * qemu-kvm: QEMU: 'qemu-img info' leads to host file read/write (CVE-2024-4467)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4420 advisory.

    Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) offers a full virtualization solution for     Linux on numerous hardware platforms. The virt:rhel module contains packages     which provide user-space components used to run virtual machines using KVM. The packages also provide APIs     for managing and interacting with the virtualized systems.

    Security Fix(es):

    * qemu-kvm: QEMU: 'qemu-img info' leads to host file read/write (CVE-2024-4467)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS     score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References     section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4374 advisory.

    Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) offers a full virtualization solution for     Linux on numerous hardware platforms. The virt:rhel module contains packages     which provide user-space components used to run virtual machines using KVM. The packages also provide APIs     for managing and interacting with the virtualized systems.

    Security Fix(es):

    * qemu-kvm: QEMU: 'qemu-img info' leads to host file read/write (CVE-2024-4467)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS     score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References     section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4373 advisory.

    Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) offers a full virtualization solution for     Linux on numerous hardware platforms. The virt:rhel module contains packages     which provide user-space components used to run virtual machines using KVM. The packages also provide APIs     for managing and interacting with the virtualized systems.

    Security Fix(es):

    * qemu-kvm: QEMU: 'qemu-img info' leads to host file read/write (CVE-2024-4467)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS     score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s)     listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4372 advisory.

    Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) offers a full virtualization solution for     Linux on numerous hardware platforms. The virt:rhel module contains packages     which provide user-space components used to run virtual machines using KVM. The packages also provide APIs     for managing and interacting with the virtualized systems.

    Security Fix(es):

    * qemu-kvm: QEMU: 'qemu-img info' leads to host file read/write (CVE-2024-4467)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS     score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References     section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2024:4278 advisory.

    * qemu-kvm: QEMU: 'qemu-img info' leads to host file read/write (CVE-2024-4467)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2024-4278 advisory.

    - Fixing CVE-2024-4467

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4277 advisory.

    Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of     architectures. The qemu-kvm packages provide the user-space component for running virtual machines that     use KVM.

    Security Fix(es):

    * qemu-kvm: QEMU: 'qemu-img info' leads to host file read/write (CVE-2024-4467)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS     score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References     section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4278 advisory.

    Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of     architectures. The qemu-kvm packages provide the user-space component for running virtual machines that     use KVM.

    Security Fix(es):

    * qemu-kvm: QEMU: 'qemu-img info' leads to host file read/write (CVE-2024-4467)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS     score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References     section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4276 advisory.

    Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of     architectures. The qemu-kvm packages provide the user-space component for running virtual machines that     use KVM.

    Security Fix(es):

    * qemu-kvm: QEMU: 'qemu-img info' leads to host file read/write (CVE-2024-4467)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS     score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References     section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
203138	RHEL 8 : virt:av and virt-devel:av (RHSA-2024:4724)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
203136	RHEL 8 : Advanced Virtualization 8.2.1z (RHSA-2024:4727)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
202570	Oracle Linux 8 : virt:ol / and / virt-devel:rhel (ELSA-2024-4420)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
202222	AlmaLinux 8 : virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (ALSA-2024:4420)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
202073	RHEL 8 : virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (RHSA-2024:4420)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
201961	RHEL 8 : virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (RHSA-2024:4374)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
201960	RHEL 8 : virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (RHSA-2024:4373)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
201956	RHEL 8 : virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (RHSA-2024:4372)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
201544	AlmaLinux 9 : qemu-kvm (ALSA-2024:4278)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
201308	Oracle Linux 9 : qemu-kvm (ELSA-2024-4278)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
201295	RHEL 9 : qemu-kvm (RHSA-2024:4277)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
201286	RHEL 9 : qemu-kvm (RHSA-2024:4278)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
201284	RHEL 9 : qemu-kvm (RHSA-2024:4276)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high

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